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BRUINS AT ASU

GAME 11 — UCLA (4-6, 3-4 in Pac-10 play) will travel to play at Arizona State (4-6, 3-4) on Nov. 28. The Friday night kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m PST. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN2 with Sean McDonough and Chris Spielman calling the action and Rob Stone on the sidelines. The UCLA/ ISP Sports Radio Network (KLAC 570 AM is the Los Angeles flagship station, however, the ASU game will be carried on KTLK 1150 AM due to a conflict with the Lakers) will broadcast the contest with Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook calling the action. The game also will be carried live on Sirius Satellite Radio (Channel 123).In addition, ISP produces a Spanish-language broadcast of all UCLA home games which can be heard on the Bruin website at uclabruins.com with Armando Aguayo and Mario Amaya.

SERIES WITH ARIZONA STATE — The Bruins and the Sun Devils will meet for the 25th time on Friday, November 28 in a series which dates back to 1976. The Bruins lead the series by a count of 15-8-1. The teams have split the last four contests in the series with each team going 1-1 on its home field. ASU won last year’s meeting in the Rose Bowl by a score of 24-20. The Bruins earned a 24-12 win at Tempe in 2006.

In last year’s contest (Nov. 10) in the Rose Bowl, the Bruins jumped out to a 10-0 lead over the then ninth-ranked Sun Devils on a Kai Forbath field goal and a two-yard scoring run by Craig Sheppard.The Bruins took a 13-10 lead into the locker room at the half. A pair of third quarter touchdown runs put ASU back in fornt 24-13. Matthew Slater then returned a kickoff for a touchdown, his third of the season, to narrow the margin to 24-20 with 7:40 to play in third quarter.Neither team scored in the fourth quarter. Osaar Rasshan started his first game at quarterback in the contest and threw for 181 yards and added 41 more yards on the ground. Dennis Keyes led the defense with 14 tackles.

In the 2006 battle (Nov. 18) played in Tempe, UCLA recorded its first road win of the season and became bowl-eligible with a 24-12 win. Two touchdown catches by Brandon Breazell and a defense which limited ASU to four field goals keyed the victory. Midway through the first quarter Patrick Cowan connected with Breazell on a 56-yard scoring pass and UCLA took the lead at 7-0. After ASU got on the board with a field goal late in the first quarter, Chane Moline extended the Bruins lead to 14-3 on a one-yard run.ASU answered with a pair of field goals and the Bruins took a 14-9 lead into the halftime break. The teams traded field goals in the third quarter. In the final quarter, Cowan and Breazell hooked up on a 35-yard scoring play with 6:41 left to play, giving UCLA a 24-12 win.

Coach Rick Neuheisel owns a 2-2 record against Arizona State, with all four games coming while he was the head coach at the University of Washington. Neuheisel grew up in Tempe, AZ and attended McClintock HS.

* Junior cornerback Alterraun Verner has the longest starting streak on the team with 19 straight. Senior tight end Logan Paulsen had a 23-game starting streak snapped against BYU when he sat out the game due to a broken foot.Senior center Micah Reed had a string of 10 straight snapped when he did not play versus Arizona (knee) and senior defensive end Tom Blake had a 10-game streak snapped when he did not play at Oregon (sports hernia). Sophomore defensive tackle Brian Price owns the next longest active streak (12).

* It is 13-32 when it ties or loses the turnover battle over the last five-plus seasons, including 1-6 (beat Tennessee, lost to @BYU, Arizona, Fresno State, @Oregon, @Cal and Oregon State) in 2008.

* Opponents have started 32 drives in UCLA territory this season (during regulation) and have totaled 110 points. Tennessee started one drive (U 26-yard line) in Bruin territory and it led to a UT punt. BYU began six drives (U 37, U 30, U 25, U 48, U 43, U 16-yard lines) in UCLA territory and came away with five touchdowns and a field goal for 38 points. Four of the BYU drives came after UCLA turnovers and a fifth came after a blocked field goal. The sixth came after UCLA turned the ball over on downs. Arizona started four drives (U48, U26, U42, U25) and scored two touchdowns for 14 points. Fresno State started one drive in UCLA territory and it resulted in a Bruin interception. Washington State started two drives in UCLA territory and neither resulted in points, one ending with a punt and one on downs. Oregon started three drives in Bruin territory and two resulted in 10 points (touchdown and field goal). Stanford started three drives in UCLA territory (U46, U29, U46) and they resulted in two touchdowns and one field goal. Cal started three drives in UCLA territory (U41, U40, U47) and scored one field goal. Oregon State started five drives in UCLA territory (U4, U21, U8, U35, U15) and scored three touchdowns. Washington started four drives in Bruin territory (U11, U44, U39, U40) and only scored one touchdown on an 11-yard drive.

TAKING THE FOURTH

* UCLA has trailed entering the fourth quarter in eight of the 10 games played to date (led against Washington State and Washington)

* In five of the 10 contests, the Bruins have trailed by just one score entering the final quarter ... Twice, against Tennessee (10-14) and Stanford (13-14), theBruins have rallied to win the game

* UCLA has been outscored in the fourth quarter (overtime) in just three of the 10 games (Tennessee 17-10, BYU 0-0, Arizona 0-14, Fresno State 7-0, Washington State 7-0, Oregon 10-10, Stanford 10-6, Cal 7-24, Oregon State 0-17, Washington 10-0)

*A school-record 17 true freshmen played for the Bruins in 1977. Thirteen played in 1975, 12 played in 1978, 1980 and 2004 and 10 played in 1979. In recent years, nine played in 2005, eight in 2006 and two in 2007).

* UCLA’s 10-game home winning streak in 2005-06 was its longest since 1997-1999, when it won 13 consecutive home games.

OVERTIME SUCCESS

* UCLA is 7-1 all-time in overtime, including a 27-24 win over Tennessee in the 2008 season opener.

ROSE BOWL CROWDS

*In 2007, the Bruins drew at least 70,000 for each game of its home schedule, the first time since UCLA moved to the Rose Bowl. The average of 76, 378 was a new record, breaking the old mark of 73,709, set in 1998. That average is also the sixth-highest in Pac-10 history.

* UCLA has drawn at least 70,000 fans in nine of its last 13 games and has drawn at least 60,000 fans in 14 consecutive home contests.

* The crowd of 83,484 for the 2007 California game was UCLA’s largest for a non-USC game since Nov. 12, 2005, when it drew 84,983 for Arizona State.

LAST GAME

* Nov. 15 - UCLA 27, Washington 7

UCLA scored on its opening drive for the first time all season and won its first road game in over a year, defeating the Washington Huskies, 27-7, in Seattle.

UCLA took a 7-0 lead on its opening possesion when Derrick Coleman culminated an 80-yard drive with an 11-yard touchdown run.With less than one minute remaining in the first quarter, Washington tied the game, driving 11 yards on two plays following an interception return.

UCLA regained the lead for good early in the second quarter. Following a fumble recovery by Korey Bosworth, UCLA drove 31 yards on four runs by Kahlil Bell, the last a one-yard touchdown. Kai Forbath’s 49-yard field goal, his longest of the year, made the score 17-7 at halftime.

Bell scored his second one-yard touchdown of the night on the first play of the fourth quarter, capping a 92-yard, 15-play drive that took 8:12 off the clock. Just over five minutes later, Forbath kicked an 18-yard field goal to finish the scoring for the night.

Defensively, UCLA dominated Washington. The Huskies’ 135 yards of total offense were the fewest by a Bruin opponent since the 1989 Cotton Bowl, when the Bruins held Arkansas to 42 net yards. Washington’s only touchdown came after taking over on the Bruin 11-yard line following a turnover. The Bruin defense forced five turnovers, recorded three sacks and held Washington to 96 yards on the ground and 39 in the air.

Offensively, UCLA ran for 157 yards, its second-highest total of the year. Bell ran for 97 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries and Coleman added 42 yards and one touchdown on 10 attempts. Kevin Craft completed 13 of 22 passes for 135 yards and three interceptions. Dominique Johnson led the receivers with four catches for 33 yards and Ryan Moya added three receptions for 38 yards.

ALL-AMERICAN PRODUCTION

* In the last eight seasons (2000-2007), UCLA has produced seven consensus All-Americans

* The UCLA football program has produced 17 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners, 16 first-team Academic All-Americans (27 overall), eight National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients, one Rhodes Scholar and three members of the Academic All-America Hall of Fame.